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单词 mystificator
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mystificatorn.

Brit. /ˈmɪstᵻfᵻkeɪtə/, U.S. /ˈmɪstəfəˌkeɪdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mystification n., -or suffix.
Etymology: < mystificat- (in mystification n.) + -or suffix, probably after French mystificateur (1770). Compare mystifier n.
rare.
= mystifier n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > practitioner > who bamboozles
banterer1709
bamboozler1712
mystery-monger1772
mystifier1821
mystificator1823
mystifica1849
prestidigitator1870
1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 122 Lawyers, physicians, and divines, are mystificators of the first order.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 Oct. 2/1 A special word or two with regard to Lockwood as a mystificator.
1995 World Lit. Today (Electronic ed.) 1 Jan. 165 Bargum..creates mysteries, but, because of his lucid way of telling about events and memories of events, he is never a mystificator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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